The art of being able to make a good use of moderate abilities wins esteem and often confers more reputation than real merit.

Ordinary ability used well beats remarkable ability used carelessly, and the world notices the result rather than the raw material. Someone who knows exactly what they are good at, stays inside it, and finishes what they start will out-earn the reputation of a more gifted person who scatters. That is encouraging if you have ever suspected you are not the cleverest person in the room.

Identify the one thing you do at a solid, unspectacular standard and put more of your week into it. Stop trying to be excellent at something you are not, and be reliably useful at what you are.